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\nDr. David & Phyllis Gray
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(transcriptions & scans of many now in progress – see links – Book One, Items 1- 57 <\/strong><\/p>\n Pre 1900 <\/span><\/p>\n 1. 1867 Survey of Farm, West Deer Twp. 1900 through 1911, Pre-Florida<\/span><\/p>\n 6. 1901 letter <\/a>from brother Samuel in Parker, SD, to Robert a the homestead in Pennsylvania 1911 through 1922, Florida period<\/span><\/p>\n 20. 1913? to Janet from RP in Gibsonia. Janet had lost child. Condolences. Unable to visit her 1922, RP\u2019s return from FL to his death in 1928 <\/span><\/p>\n 48. 1923 from Frank Young to RP, Mr. Lewis has not paid for oil leases Book Two, Items 58-104 <\/strong><\/p>\n 58. 1923 8 checks on 1st Nat. Bank to pay bills 1928, RP\u2019s death and following <\/span><\/p>\n 77 . UD Checkbook settling of estate. Notebook settling of estate Book Three, Items 105-137 <\/strong><\/p>\n (Note that these items are not in chronological order, but are mostly in the latter part of Robert\u2019s life.)<\/p>\n 105. Nov 22 1921, RP to Annie, sent Roosevelt book for her birthday, and says he has been in Lynn Haven for 10 years by Dr. David & Phyllis Gray 7\/3\/15 (transcriptions & scans of many now in progress – see links – also, read the “Summary & Commentary on the Collection”) Book One, Items 1- 57 Pre 1900 1. 1867 Survey of Farm, … Continue reading
\nalso, read the “Summary & Commentary on the Collection”<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n2. 1876 Pictures of husband of Annie Norris\u2019s cousin, and cousins of Annie Norris Gray
\n3. 1876 Notebook of RP\u2019s attendance at Philadelphia Centennial, what he saw
\n4. 1887 Copy of Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Gray
\n5. 1899 Two oil and gas leases with Luella Eisle on West Deer property (one dated 1902)<\/p>\n
\n7. 1904 to Mrs. R.P. from Mrs. John Weber. Address on Civil War, 40 page pamphlet
\n8. 1906 to Robert<\/a> from Samuel describing difficulties in South Dakota farming , drought in Missouri
\n9. 1906 Deed Livingstone, MO. 87 acres rented from Sam Gray
\n10. 1908 2 letters from Mattie (sister to brother) about attending the synod of Columbia. Jennie the same, 85th birthday. Heard Dr. McNaughter
\n11. 1908 Road Tax, checkbook
\n12. 1908 RP bankbooks
\n13. 1909 Warrantee Deed summary page of properties- 5 lots in St Cloud, 16 lots in Lynn Haven. 3 legal deed statements from Seminole Land and Investment Company. 1909 and 1924
\n14. 1909 Receipt for RP $375 Austin Manhattan Mining
\n15. 1910 To RP in Gibsonia, Seminole Land Investment Co 2 lots 15 and 16 16. 1909 Certificate and letter from Austin Manhattan Consolidated Mining noting 500 shares, and receipt of $370 paid. (Note from Janet Louise that this Co went defunct between 1917 and 1930)
\n17. 1911 Article of Agreement from J L Carnadan to RP of Gibsonia No article in envelope
\n18. 1911 4 checks City Deposit Bank of Pgh, RP Gray, Treas? One is for \u201ctreasurer\u2019s percentage\u201d
\n19. 1911 Five postcards from Annie who is at Mercer Sanitarium to Janet<\/p>\n
\n21. 1913 Tax receipts
\n22. 1913 Letter to Janet from RP, lots look good, love to you and your husband, more condolences about loss of boy child
\n23. 1913 Two tax statements, 5 lots in Lynn Haven, one in St. Cloud
\n24. 1914 March 20. RP to Annie, received deed and details about lot measurements in Lynn Haven. Questions about Ritz gas and oil rights on farm in West Deer. Problems with no one to watch store when away
\n25. 1915 Tax receipts, Lynn Haven $183.00 for four lots, seems high
\n26. 1915 Formal Certificate, transfer of membership from Bull Creek Presbyterian to Lynn Haven Presbyterian
\n27. 1916 Bill of $240 to Anne for building supplies at farm
\n28. 1916 St. Cloud tax receipt to RP
\n29. 1916 Tax receipt St Cloud
\n30. 1919 Letter from a debtor in FL. Stop harassing me if you are a Christian
\n31. 1919 Tax receipts
\n32. 1919 Two Deeds LH valued at $75 and $150
\n33. 1919-1920 Tax receipts LH and SC
\n34. 1921 Concert Program
\n35. 1921 letter, a dream, Paul lost in some way, prices are strong
\n36. 1921 from RP letter from Aunt Jennie. Sam\u2019s son died. Signed, Your husband true of the Red, White and Blue.”
\n37. Letter from RP to Annie. Hope the mines start up soon\u2028 Second page not legible
\n38. 1921 To Annie. Pastor ill, going blind. RP eyes bad. Jennie fell.
\n39. 1921 to Annie very hot, good 4th celebration. Harding doing his best but Wilson had things in such a fix. New chimney
\n40. Pension $72 month for the really sick, was only $72 a year
\n41. Poem \u201cThe Drunkard\u2019s Love Child\u201d to RP from Truman fertilizer company, Jacksonville, FL
\n42. 1922 Nice letter from RP to Annie thanking her for birthday sweater. Started, \u201cMy dear Annie,\u201d calls her \u201choney,\u201d and reflects on their blessings.
\n43. 1922 March 12 letter from RP\u2019s sister To RP (probably Mattie, though not identified) “Come home Robert.” Husband is apparently a pastor, town has drunken persons. And letter to Janet, not legible
\n44. 1922 July 6, RP is home. Letter from Annie to Janet, papa is better since rested. G R Leslie says, “Willie’s wheat is best he ever saw.”
\n45. 1922 date not clear Postcard from Paul postmarked Jacksonville
\n46. July 18 and 26 two letters from Annie to Janet
\n47. 1922 June 10 RP to Annie, Uncle Paul to FL to bring RP home.<\/p>\n
\n49. 1923 From Mr Fluke to RP, sprayed fruit trees, turpentine thieves, Klan activity
\n50. 1923, two letters from Fluke to R P, caring for property, complaining about thieves, heavy fruit breaking down limbs
\n51. 1923 From Mrs Roth re Citizens paper subscription
\n52. 1923 From Janet to Paul, will sell 100 acres in Culmerville
\n53. 1923 Tax statement from Richland Twp to Janet
\n54. 1923 Two tax receipts, Florida
\n55. 1923 From F C & L, good orange crop, some titles may not be clear, recognizes Annie\u2019s death
\n56. 1923 hand written excerpt for paper– all Christians should take comfort in Isaiah 53, \u201che bore our iniquities\u201d
\n57. UD Sarah J received $50 from RP re her invalidism<\/p>\n
\n59. Printed Christmas card, from Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Edmonds
\n60. 1924 tax document
\n61. 1924 Mr. Fringer to RP do you have keys, next week Chatauqua
\n62. 1924 Four checks on 1st Nat. Bank of Panama, signed by RP
\n63. 1925 Fringer to RP asking price on a lot, sinkhole and flooding
\n64. 1925 tax statements, 5 checks, one to Wm Gray
\n65. 1925, 26, 27 check book 1st Nat. Bank
\n66. 1926 RP to Fluke about Panama City boom
\n67. Florida tax statements
\n68. 1927 2 letters from Fringer to RP paying taxes. \u201cI suppose you are still in bed. \u201c To Janet from Bertha: Will wants Janet to handle tax receipts. Addendum on letter from Bertha to Janet\u2014 Will wants Janet to handle taxes
\n69. Two St. Cloud tax statements
\n70. Tax clarifications on Fl properties, Mr. Baudy, and Mr. Collins
\n71. 1927 Letter to RP, unidentified person offering to buy 2 lots at $150 and $300 (Mrs. Truesdale?)
\n72. UD Snapshot of Robert, we think; four siblings\u2014Will, Janet. Paul and Stan; and Samuel Gray and wife Margaret Montgomery
\n73. UD Printed name card, Lisa E. Leslie
\n74. UD Fragment of letter from Jennie, her illness and references to Mattie
\n75. UD Printed booklet of Review Oilwells, Atascedaro, CA
\n76. 1926 Typed letter from Fringer in NH, wish you could see the changes<\/p>\n
\n78. 1928 To Janet from M A Edmonds, visits Jennie
\n79. 1928 To Janet about Jennie, receipt to Mrs Gilbert, Jennie\u2019s caretaker
\n80. 1928 To RP from Fringer, couple not paying rent, citywater and sewage coming in
\n81. Nov 10,1928 Janet to Stan and Elma, informing that Janet and Will to be joint Executrix
\n82. 1928 Cemetary monument paid, $275
\n83. 1928 Chamber of Commerce promotional letter
\n84. 1928 Tax receipts, NH and St Cloud
\n85. 1928 Statement of Deeds recorded
\n86. 1928 Frank Young to Janet\u2014both houses vacated, dirty, broken windows etc
\n87. <\/a>1928 Robert Patterson\u2019s obituary<\/a>, hand written (death on Feb 15, 1928)
\n88. 1929 Chamber of Commerce letters and map
\n89. 1929 Investment Company ad to Janet
\n90. 1929 Marshall Co advertising tax service
\n91. 1929 Two letters, Young to Janet, question of store counters being taken, etc.
\n92. 1929 Fringer sends tax receipts and rents
\n93. 1929 Janet to Fringer, Mr. Brown not wanting property
\n94. 1929 Lynn Haven describing property owners responsibilities about paying taxes
\n95. 1929 Tax statement Lynn Haven152. lots
\n96. 1930 Postcard to RP advertising Vero Beach
\n97. 1930 Uncle Paul to Janet, 4 lots
\n98. UD Promotional brochure from Lynn Haven
\n99. 1930 Two letters from M. G. Brett, Panama City advertising his management services
\n100. 1931 B J Bailey to Janet trying to sell lot
\n101. 1931tax statements for LH and SC, advertisement
\n102. 1928 receipt for RP funeral expenses and settling estate
\n103. Frank Young to Janet\u2014city state Co taxes due
\n104. Probably 1928, very shaky hand, RP to daughters, wants to sell 45 acres<\/p>\n
\n106. Annie to Janet, RP coming home next month
\n107. UD Hand written list of properties
\n108. May 30, 1922 Robert to Annie, Decoration Day celebration, eyes hurt but still reads chapter in the Bible each morning
\n109. Saint Andres Bay Development, lots do no have clear titles
\n110. July 6, 1922 Rear Sir: RP home on the farm, farm in great shape, party in FLA owes him 50 cents and he wants to collect
\n111. Apparently 1908, from Samuel in MO to RP about a note payment
\n112. 1910 and 11 checks City Deposit Bank of Pgh, signed by RP \u201cTreasurer\u201d
\n113. 1930 Frank to Janet, Henry Russ not paying rent, cannot evict
\n114. 1923 Jewett Appraisal Service
\n115. 1923 Letter to RP from D S Christy, Bull Creek preacher leaving
\n116. May 1944 Letter from Mr. VanHorn to Janet, and tax statements
\n117. Table of fraction conversions
\n118. 1931 Young to Janet, renter burned fence posts, Young promises to pay his $100 note to the estate
\n119. clippings
\n120. Geneology of Paul Gray family
\n121. Eight Deeds, 1911 to 1918
\n122. 1923 Review of Oil Wells update
\n123. 1926 Official Bureau of Pensions notice, $90.00 per month, starting Aug. 4
\n124. Multiple year bank statements, First National, Panama
\n125. 1930 Letter from Young to Janet, tax issues and problems with tenants
\n126. UD Poem about death of a child from a friend
\n127. 1929 Letter from Fringer to Janet, question about a deed to Paul Gray, and receipt of $100.00 to Presbyterian Church in Lynn Haven from RP estate
\n128. Bundle of tax records from FL, wide ranging years
\n129. 1924 From Young to RP, still cannot pay off my $100.00 note to you
\n130. UD Seminole Land Investment Co, lot prices in St Cloud
\n131. 1923 RP hand written poem about Flag Day
\n132. 1909 Provident Securities Company, to RP certificate for 500 shares
\n133. Miscellaneous bundle of odds and ends
\n134. UD Card from Maggie to probably RP. noting 82nd year birthday
\n135. RP\u2019s war diary, and other misc entries
\n136. 2012 Folder labeled \u201cGray Info\u201d modern info on St Cloud gathered by Marilyn, Roberta\u2019s daughter, showing current status and value of lots
\n137. UD Folder labeled \u201cNorris History\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"